Grief evolves, it grows with you, it changes with you as you grow into the person you are becoming.
Grief is love, it simply fills the hole where loved lived before.
Grief brings people together but can also tear people apart.
“Vilomah" a name for parents whose child has passed away….
I am the mother to an angel. At the young age of 21, my husband and I lost our stillborn daughter. Her loss took us through the darkest periods of our life yet we are here, we don’t have all the answers but we have lived through the first few years of grief and am still making it day to day. My hope is that I can provide some little piece of comfort or support to another mom, another dad, another family member who finds themselves going through a difficult situation. We want our daughter to be remembered and we wanted to honor her memory by helping other families.
My little girl has been gone for seven years now. Those seven years have taught me many, many lessons, mainly, lessons in grief. Grief never goes away, it never eases. Grief evolves, it grows with you, it changes with you as you grow into the person you are becoming. Grief is love, it simply fills the hole where loved lived before. Grief brings people together but can also tear people apart. Grief has taught me many, many things. I am afraid the lessons are not over…
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Stress-free birth … are you reading this right? With the proper planning and preparation this can be you. There are five considerations that can help you be prepared for your big day, regardless of your birth plan. With proper planning, you’ll be sitting with your feet up, waiting on your big day to get here in no time! You’ll want to keep several things in mind, such as birth environment, choice of provider, birth planning, prenatal care, your support team, comfort techniques for a stress free birthing experience. Head on over to the Columbia SC City Moms Blog to read the entire blog post. Nothing can prepare someone for the loss of a child. Each individual will grieve differently. Men and women will typically handle grief in very different manners. In the midst of tragedy, despair and loss, men are often required to step up and care for the others in his family, even though his heart his hurting just the same. These daddies silently grieve yet they often go on to care for and support other family members through and during times of loss. Patterns and outward displays of grief for men and women are different. Men may not feel the need to share every feeling or shed many tears, but make no mistake, they miss their loved ones all the same. Daddies grieve too.
The dreaded morning sickness, so many pregnant women go deal with weeks, even months of nausea/vomiting in their first months of pregnancy. But, what causes morning sickness, why does if affect some women when others sneak by relatively unaffected? Most importantly, how can YOU get through your morning sickness? Many times, an early sign of pregnancy is that queasy feeling you get one day out of the blue. You may not initially recognize this as morning sickness as you may be very early in your pregnancy. Morning sickness can occur at any period throughout the day, even though the name labels “morning”, many women feel poorly during all hours of the day or night while they suffer through morning sickness. Not every woman that is pregnant will go through morning sickness but most will, to some extent. The symptoms of morning sickness may range from only causing a mild bout of nausea to that of full on vomiting and being truly miserable. Usually by the end of your first trimester you should be finding some relief, but here are some tips and tricks to help you feel better in the meantime! A few tips to help deal with the rough days… Eat lots of smaller meals throughout the day. Make sure to eat meals that have a good amount of protein in them, this will help to keep your blood sugar levels more stable. Foods, liquids or herbal teas with ginger in them can help to relieve nausea. The most important thing to remember while feeling bad is to stay hydrated! Learn to recognize triggers and try to avoid those (smells/foods that make nausea worse) and increasing your intake of vitamin B can also help to alleviate those morning sickness symptoms. Unfortunately, part of growing your new bundle of joy can be dealing with morning sickness. While it isn’t pleasant, the nausea and vomiting (in most) cases won’t harm you or your baby and is entirely normal to pregnancy. Be sure to stay hydrated and take care of your self!
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